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HONORING INDIVIDUALS FOR

NEW INVENTIONS, PATENTS,


& LICENSED TECHNOLOGIES

THURSDAY OCTOBER 10
DRC I AUDITORIUM
4:00 PM

MESSAGE FROM DR. MICHAEL DIXON

On behalf of the UNMC leadership and UNeMed staff, we welcome you to the
2013 UNeMed Innovation Awards, which recognize the significant and ongoing innovations of the UNMC faculty, staff, and students.
UNeMeds mission is simple to articulate: We are here to help improve healthcare
by fostering innovation, advancing biomedical research and engaging entrepreneurs
and industry to commercialize novel technologies. Innovations all have the same
humble beginning: an idea or hypothesis. The path for an idea to become a product
that improves the lives of millions is a daunting and perilous journey fraught with
many obstacles. That is why UNeMed exists. We are here to help provide the advice,
pathways and connections for your idea to grow and make the world a better place.
The Innovation Awards represent the culmination of Innovation Week as we celebrate the creators of novel technology at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Today we will recognize the inventors who have submitted new inventions, received
issued U.S. patents, and successfully licensed technology. In addition, today we will
look to the future by recognizing new technology with strong potential, and honor Dr.
Howard Gendelman with the 2013 UNeMed Innovator of the Year Award.
The UNeMed staff is committed to helping you develop your new inventions and
make vital connections with industry. Please draw upon our expertise, and visit us
at 4460 Farnam Street (Annex 14 on the Campus map) or in our satellite office at
1007 Durham Research Center I. Our goal is to help you create relationships that
will enable your work to positively impact the lives of people throughout Nebraska
and around the world.
Sincerely,

Michael Dixon, Ph.D.


President and CEO, UNeMed Corporation

INNOVATION AWARDS PROGRAM

Opening Remarks

Dr. Michael Dixon, President and CEO,


UNeMed

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Jennifer Larsen, Vice Chancellor


for Research, UNMC

Innovation Rewind:
The Year in Review

Dr. Michael Dixon, President and CEO,


UNeMed

Presentation of Awards:
New Inventions
Issued Patents
Licensed Technology

Dr. Steven Schreiner, Vice President


& Director of Licensing and Marketing,
UNeMed

Special Awards:
Most Promising New Invention
Innovator of the Year

Dr. Steven Schreiner, Vice President &


Director of Licensing and Marketing,
UNeMed

Closing Remarks

Reception

DRC I Atrium

NEW INVENTION NOTIFICATION CONTRIBUTORS


Fahd Alsalleeh*
Chandrakanth Are
Jyothi Arikkath*
O. Andres Barrera
Dhundy Bastola
Surinder Kumar Batra*
Elizabeth L Beam*
Mark W. Beatty
Keshore R. Bidasee
Ben H. Boedeker
Oliver Bonham Carter
Kathleen Brandert
Anna Brynskikh Boyum*
Eric Cruz*
Eric Cutler
Paul H. Davis
Shi-Jian Ding
Sarena P.M. Ducas
Marius C. Florescu

Karoline C. Manthey
San Ming Wang
Vincent Morris
Prabagaran Narayanasamy
Amarnath Natarajan
Carl Nelson
Thang T. Nguyen
Dmitry Oleynikov
Qinge Ouyang
Babu J. Padanilam
Abhishek Parakh
Aimin Peng
Troy J. Plumb
L. Prasad Potluri
Anthony R. Sambol
Ashish Sharma
Bobby Simetich
Patrick Simpson
Joseph Ka-Chun Siu
Philip W. Smith

Howard S. Fox
Howard E. Gendelman*
Santhi Gorantla
Gregory I. Gordon
Hani Haider
James M. Hammel
Steven H. Hinrichs*
Ashish Joshi
Peter F. Kador
Tammy Kielian*
Yeong C. Kim
Venkata Kolli
Tess Kuenstling
Anastasia Kyvelidou
Joshua J. Larson
Marilynn A. Larson*
Xinming Liu
Oksana Lockridge
Jayakrishna Madabushi

Stephen M. Smith*
Lane Stephenson
Nicholas Stergiou*
Brenda Thompson
Ram S. Veerubhotla
Serguei V. Vinogradov
Michael C. Wadman
Kay-Uwe Wagner
James K. Wahl
Hanjun Wang
Ling Wang
Hongxiu Wen
Sowmya Yelamanchili
Xiang Yi*
Li Yuan
Mohsen Zahiri
Haizhen Zhong
Lingyun Zhu
Irving H. Zucker

*Multiple NINs Submitted

INVENTORS WITH ISSUED PATENTS

Ben Boedeker
Tatiana Bronich
Shane M. Farritor
Jeff Hawks
Hongxia Jin
Alexander V. Kabanov
Peter F. Kador
Donald Miller
Amy Lehman
Stephen R. Platt
Mark Rentschler
Marcus Snow
Jonathan L. Vennerstrom

CREATORS OF LICENSED TECHNOLOGY

Jyothi Arikkath
O. Andres Barrera
Surinder K. Batra
Elizabeth L. Beam
Fu Chen
Hani Haider
Angela Hewlett
Zhenshan Jia
Keith R. Johnson
Ashish Joshi
Vinod Labhasetwar
Marilynn A. Larson

Thomas L. McDonald
Daniel T. Monaghan
Aimin Peng
Dipika Singh
Philip W. Smith
Stephen M. Smith
Jonathan L. Vennerstrom
James K. Wahl
Dong Wang
Ling Wang
Annika Weber

PATENTS ISSUED
1. Multifunctional Antioxidants and Methods of Use Thereof
U.S. Patent No. 8,268,849 issued September 18, 2012
Peter F. Kador
Hongxia Jin

2. Tongue Retractor

U.S. Patent No. D669,171 issued October 16, 2012


Ben Boedeker

3. Methods and Systems of Actuation in Robotic Devices


U.S. Patent No. 8,343,171 issued January 1, 2013
Shane M. Farritor
Amy Lehman
Jeff Hawks
Mark Rentschler
Stephen R. Platt

4. Creatine Oral Supplementation Using Creatine Hydrochloride Salt


U.S. Patent No. 8,354,450 issued January 15, 2013
Jonathan L. Vennerstrom
Donald Miller
Mark C. Faulkner

5. Pediatric Lumbar Puncture Positioning Device


U.S. Patent No. 8,393,329 issued March 12, 2013
Marcus Snow
Ken Siegner

6. Cross-Linked Ionic Core Micelles

U.S. Patent No. 8,415,400 issued April 9, 2013


Tatiana Bronich
Alexander V. Kabanov

TECHNOLOGY LICENSED

NHERF-2 & Cadherin 11 Antibodies


Creatine Ethyl Ester
Freezing Media and Neurons

James K. Wahl

Keith R. Johnson
Jonathan L. Vennerstrom
Jyothi Arikkath
Dipika Singh

MUC4 Expression as Biomarker

Surinder Kumar Batra

Computer Assisted
Orthopaedic Surgery

Hani Haider

Mastl Antibody
MUC4 Antibody
Human SAA
NMDA Modulators

O. Andres Barrera
Aimin Peng

James K. Wahl
Ling Wang

Surinder Kumar Batra


Annika Weber

Marilynn A. Larson

Thomas L. McDonald
Daniel T. Monaghan
Elizabeth L. Beam

Clean Sweep App

Philip W. Smith

Stephen M. Smith
Angela Hewlett

Internet Enabled Anticoagulation


Monitoring System
Improved Oral Products
Biodegradable Nanoparticles

Ashish Joshi
Dong Wang
Fu Chen

Zhenshan Jia
Vinod Labhasetwar
Maram Reddy

MOST PROMISING NEW INVENTION

Keshore Bidasee, Ph.D.


Associate Professor,
Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Targeted Glyoxalase-1 Gene Transfer to Prevent
Cardiovascular and End-Organ Complications in Diabetes
The most promising new invention of 2013 is an exciting new development that could
mitigate the disastrous effects of diabetes, particularly degenerative and destructive
cardiovascular complications more often seen in the elderly.
Keshore Bidasee, Ph.D., identified a viral construct that strategically overexpresses
the enzyme Glyoxalase-1. The enzyme targets and degrades the suspected cause of
diabetic complicationsa naturally occurring chemical, methylglyoxal, which is created
by damaged cells when blood sugar levels are high.
The construct also improves the functions of the heart, kidney, and brainthree key
organs negatively impacted by diabetes. Even more promising, the therapy also helps
blunt cerebral vascular dysfunction and cognitive impairment, and minimizes the amount
of brain tissue affected by a stroke. All while significantly helping reduce blood sugar
levels.
Dr. Bidasees novel therapeutic strategy seeks to reduce cardiovascular complications
and improve the quality of life for individuals with diabetes.
Dr. Bidasee received his Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from the University of the West
Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad in 1991 and post-doctoral training at the Indiana University
School of Medicine. He joined UNMC in 2002, and now also serves as chair of the
graduate committee in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience.

INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR

Howard E. Gendelman, M.D.


Margaret R. Larson Professor of Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases and
Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience
Howard Gendelman, M.D., is our 2013 Innovator of the Year in recognition of his
remarkable work against neurodegenerative and neuroinfective diseases.
In prior works, Dr. Gendelman was credited with unraveling how functional alterations in
brain immunity induce metabolic changes, and ultimately lead to neural cell damage for
a broad range of infectious, metabolic and neurodegenerative disorders. Within the last
year Dr. Gendelmans laboratory has made major advances on two translational research
projects. Early in 2013 a partnership was established with a major pharmaceutical
company to develop nanoformulations for improved treatment and possible eradication
of HIV. Most recently, in September of 2013, a human proof of concept study began on
his immunotherapy strategy for Parkinsons disease. Both of these projects have the
potential to revolutionize the treatment of life-threatening diseases.
Before joining the University of Nebraska Medical Center in 1993, Dr. Gendelman
occupied senior faculty and research positions at the Johns Hopkins Medical
Institutions, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, the Uniformed
Services University of the Health Sciences, the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research,
and the Henry Jackson Foundation for the Advancement in Military Medicine.
In 1979 and 1999, respectively, he received his M.D. and was named the Distinguished
Alumnus of the Pennsylvania State University-Hershey Medical Center. He completed
his residency in internal medicine at Montefiore Hospital, Albert Einstein College
of Medicine and was a Clinical and Research Fellow in Neurology and Infectious
Diseases at Johns Hopkins University Medical Center.
Dr. Gendelman has authored more than 400 peer-reviewed papers, edited nine books
and monographs, is an inventor on three issued patents and thirty two pending patent
applications, is the Editor-in-Chief and Founder of the Journal of Neuroimmune
Pharmacology, along with service on numerous editorial boards, national and
international scientific review and federal and state committees. He has been the
recipient of numerous local, national and international honors including the Henry L.
Moses Award in Basic Science, the Jacob Javits Neuroscience Research Award, the
2008 UNMC Scientist Laureate, and was named a Carter-Wallace Research Scholar
in HIV/AIDS and was a J. William Fulbright Research Scholar at the Weizmann
Institute of Science.

INNOVATION AWARDS HISTORY


Innovation Week can be traced back to 1998 when UNeMed and the Intellectual Property
Office began hosting the Inventors Recognition Reception. As the name implies, the
annual reception honored UNMC researchers who had applied for or received patents in
the previous year.
In 2007, UNMC restructured its technology transfer efforts into one organization, merging
UNeMed with the Intellectual Property Office. Under the leadership of Dr. James Linder,
UNeMed transformed the Recognition Reception into the Research Innovation Awards.
A year later, the awards ceremony became the final event in a week of activities that
celebrated the research and innovation at UNMC. In addition to recognizing researchers
who secured intellectual property rights, UNeMed also added emerging inventor and
lifetime achievement awards. In 2008 it also added the Most Promising New Invention
as an annual award, and this year marks the first occassion that UNeMed will recognize
an Innovator of the Year. In previous years UNeMed had presented Emerging Inventor
and Lifetime Achievment awards on a biennial schedule.
Today, Innovation Week is about far more than recognizing a handful of UNMC scientists
who secure patents. Its a celebration that recognizes, rewards and encourages innovative
thoughts and ideas, whether they come from the most seasoned and esteemed
researcher or the least-known first-year student who might know a better way.

PREVIOUS AWARDEES
Most Promising New Invention

2013 Keshore Bidasee, Ph.D.. Targeted Glyoxalase-1 Gene


Transfer to Prevent Cardiovascular and
End-Organ Complications in Diabetes
2012 Gregory Oakley, Ph.D. Small Molecule in Vivo
Inhibitors of the N-Terminal
Protein Interacting Domain of RPA1
2011 Babu Padanilam, Ph.D. Novel Target for the
Treatment of Renal Fibrosis
2010 Stephen Bonasera, M.D., Ph.D. Noninvasive Monitoring of
Functional Behaviors in
Ambulatory Human Populations
2009 Paul Dunman, Ph.D. Novel Antibiotic Compounds
2008 Guangshun Wang, Ph.D. Anti-HIV Peptides and
Methods of Use Thereof
2008 Janina Baranowska-Kortylewicz, Ph.D. Sex Hormone Binding Globulin:
New Target for Cancer Therapy

Special Awards

2013 Howard Gendelman, M.D........... Innovator of the Year

2012 Tammy Kielian, Ph.D.................. Emerging Inventor Award

2011 Jonathan Vennerstrom, Ph.D..... Lifetime Achievement Award


2010 Amarnath Natarajan, Ph.D......... Emerging Inventor Award

2009 Rodney Markin, M.D., Ph.D........ Lifetime Achievement Award


2008 Dong Wang, Ph.D....................... Emerging Inventor Award

2007 Robert LeVeen, M.D................... Lifetime Achievement Award

Innovations for life.

Breakthroughs for life.

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Innovations for life.

Breakthroughs for life.

Photo:
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Office of Research

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